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3.8

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Released November 1, 2005<br>

<br>

3.8 Song: <a href="lyrics.html#38">"Hackers of the Lost RAID"</a>

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<ul>

<li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">The FTP page</a> for

a list of mirror machines.

<li>Go to the <font color="#e00000">pub/OpenBSD/3.8/</font> directory on

<li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/3.8/</code> directory on

one of the mirror sites.

<li>Have a look at <a href="errata38.html">The 3.8 Errata page</a> for a list

of bugs and workarounds.

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All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,

sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the

files fetched via ports.tar.gz.

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<p>

This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 3.8.

For a comprehensive list, see the <a href="plus38.html">changelog</a> leading

to 3.8.

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<li>Improved hardware support, including:

<ul>

<li>New

driver for the built-in accelerometer found in some IBM ThinkPad laptops.

<li>New

driver for Accom Networks Artery T1 and E1 cards.

<li>New

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=auixp&sektion=4">auixp</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/auixp.4">auixp</a>

driver for the ATI IXP series integrated AC'97 audio controller.

<li>New

driver for Compaq Smart ARRAY 5 and 6 RAID controllers.

<li>New

driver for SMC 83C170 ethernet adapters.

<li>New

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ichwdt&sektion=4">ichwdt</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ichwdt.4">ichwdt</a>

driver for Intel 6300ESB ICH watchdog timer.

<li>New

driver for the AMD Am79c97x (PCnet) ethernet adapters.

<li>New

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=safte&sektion=4">safte</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/safte.4">safte</a>

driver for SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosures, and a rewritten

driver for SCSI Enclosure Services, both allowing monitoring through

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sysctl&sektion=8">sysctl</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sysctl.8">sysctl</a>

and

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sensorsd&sektion=8">sensorsd</a>.

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sensorsd.8">sensorsd</a>.

<li>New

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ueagle&sektion=4">ueagle</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ueagle.4">ueagle</a>

driver for Analog Devices Eagle ADSL modems.

<li>New

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=uipaq&sektion=4">uipaq</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uipaq.4">uipaq</a>

driver for iPAQ USB serial.

<li>New

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=viasio&sektion=4">viasio</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/viasio.4">viasio</a>

driver for VIA VT1211 LPC Super I/O hardware sensors.

<li>New

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=zaudio&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">zaudio</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/zaurus/zaudio.4">zaudio</a>

driver for the built-in Zaurus audio CODEC.

<li>Improved

driver for serial port PCMCIA cards, such as cellular modems on Zaurus.

<li>Improved support for many

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=umass&sektion=4">umass</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/umass.4">umass</a>

devices.

<li>Updated driver from X.Org for the Intel

family graphics chipset, including support for the external VGA output on laptops.

</ul>

<p>

<li>New tools:

<ul>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bioctl&sektion=8">bioctl(8)</a>,

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bioctl.8">bioctl(8)</a>,

a RAID management interface.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ipsecctl&sektion=8">ipsecctl(8)</a>,

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ipsecctl.8">ipsecctl(8)</a>,

a simple IPsec management tool.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=stat&sektion=1">stat(1)</a>,

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/stat.1">stat(1)</a>,

displaying file status obtained from

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=lstat&sektion=2">lstat(2)</a>.

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/lstat.2">lstat(2)</a>.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=hostapd&sektion=8">hostapd(8)</a>,

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/hostapd.8">hostapd(8)</a>,

a wireless Host Access Point daemon.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ifstated&sektion=8">ifstated(8)</a>,

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ifstated.8">ifstated(8)</a>,

a daemon monitoring ethernet interfaces status.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=watchdogd&sektion=8">watchdogd(8)</a>,

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/watchdogd.8">watchdogd(8)</a>,

companion to the hardware

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=watchdog&sektion=4">watchdog</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/watchdog.4">watchdog</a>

devices.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ztsscale&sektion=8&arch=zaurus">ztsscale(8)</a>,

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/zaurus/ztsscale.8">ztsscale(8)</a>,

a tool to calibrate the Zaurus touch screen.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=xidle&sektion=1">xidle(1)</a>,

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/xidle.1">xidle(1)</a>,

a tool to run a program on X inactivity.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gzsig&sektion=1">gzsig(1)</a>,

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gzsig.1">gzsig(1)</a>,

create and verify cryptographic signatures built into gzip file headers.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sasyncd&sektion=8">sasyncd(8)</a>,

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sasyncd.8">sasyncd(8)</a>,

a daemon to synchronize IPSec SA's for failover gateways.

</ul>

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<li>New functionality:

<ul>

<li>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mount_udf&sektion=8">mount_udf(8)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mount_udf.8">mount_udf(8)</a>,

providing UDF (DVD) filesystem support.

<li>Network interface aggregation, using the virtual

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=trunk&sektion=4">trunk(4)</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/trunk.4">trunk(4)</a>

interface.

<li>Partial wide character and locale support in the C and C++ libraries.

disks have the security feature frozen before being attached to prevent

malicious users setting a password that would prevent the contents of the drive

from being accessed.

<li>On the <a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> platform, StackGhost

buffer overflow exploit protection has been added.

<li>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=zaudio&sektion=4&arch=zaurus">zaudio(4)</a>

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/zaurus/zaudio.4">zaudio(4)</a>

changes the mute values if the headphones are plugged in or out.

</ul>

<p>

<li>New functionality for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ospfd&sektion=8&amp">ospfd(8)</a>,

<li>New functionality for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ospfd.8">ospfd(8)</a>,

the Open Shortest Path First Daemon:

<ul>

<li>ospfd is now able to redistribute static, connected and default routes.

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</ul>

<p>

<li>New functionality for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bgpd&sektion=8&amp">bgpd(8)</a>,

<li>New functionality for <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bgpd.8">bgpd(8)</a>,

the Border Gateway Protocol Daemon:

<ul>

<li>bgpd is now able to redistribute static and connected routes dynamically.

<li>Full route label support;

can filter based on information bgpd attaches to the routes.

<li>An additional per prefix weight has been added used to evaluate prefixes

with equal AS path length.

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<li>Assorted improvements and code cleanup:

<ul>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=malloc&sektion=3&amp">malloc(3)</a>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/malloc.3">malloc(3)</a>

has been rewritten to use the

system call, introducing unpredictable allocation addresses and guard

pages, which helps in detecting heap based buffer overflows and prevents

various types of attacks.

source code has been converted to ANSI C.

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=realpath&sektion=3&amp">realpath(3)</a>

<li><a href="https://man.openbsd.org/realpath.3">realpath(3)</a>

is now thread safe.

<li>Several pathname races and potential buffer handling problems have been

fixed in

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pax&sektion=1&amp">pax(1)</a>.

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pax.1">pax(1)</a>.

<li>Problems with signal delivery on <a href="sparc.html">OpenBSD/sparc</a> and

<a href="sparc64.html">OpenBSD/sparc64</a> have been fixed.

<li>Reliability of signal handlers using floating point on

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<li>X.Org 6.8.2 (+ patches, and i386 contains XFree86 3.3.6 servers

(+ patches) for legacy chipsets not supported by X.Org)

<li>Gcc 2.95.3

(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)

(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)

and 3.3.5

(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gcc-local&sektion=1">patches</a>)

(+ <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gcc-local.1">patches</a>)

<li>Perl 5.8.6 (+ patches)

<li>Apache 1.3.29, mod_ssl 2.8.16, DSO support (+ patches)

<li>OpenSSL 0.9.7g (+ patches)

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<li>Binutils 2.15 (+ patches)

<li>Gdb 6.3

</ul>

<p>

</ul>

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<hr>

<h3>How to install</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>

<p>

Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of

paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate

form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style

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</ul>

<hr>

<p>

Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the

use of the "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when

installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/i386:</font></h3>

<h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>

<ul>

<p>

Play with your BIOS options to enable booting from a CD. The OpenBSD/i386

release is on CD1. If your BIOS does not support booting from CD, you will need

to create a boot floppy to install from. To create a boot floppy write

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<p>

To make a boot floppy under MS-DOS, use the "rawrite" utility located

at <i>CD1:3.8/tools/rawrite.exe</i>. To make the boot floppy under a Unix OS,

use the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=

use the <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>

dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a> utility. The following is an example usage of

utility. The following is an example usage of

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dd&sektion=1">dd(1)</a>,

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dd.1">dd(1)</a>,

where the device could be "floppy", "rfd0c", or

"rfd0a".

# <strong>dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k</strong>

</pre></ul>

</pre></blockquote>

<p>

Make sure you use properly formatted perfect floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or

your install will most likely fail. For more information on creating a boot

floppy and installing OpenBSD/i386 please refer to

<a href="faq/faq4.html#MkFlop">this page</a>.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/vax:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/vax:</font></h3>

<ul>

Boot over the network via mopbooting as described in INSTALL.vax.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/amd64:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64:</font></h3>

<ul>

The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/amd64 is located on CD2.

Boot from the CD to begin the install - you may need to adjust

your BIOS options first.

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<p>

If you are planning to dual boot OpenBSD with another OS, you will need to

read INSTALL.amd64.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/macppc:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/macppc:</font></h3>

<ul>

Put CD2 in your CDROM drive and poweron your machine while holding down the

<i>C</i> key until the display turns on and shows <i>OpenBSD/macppc boot</i>.

<p>

Alternatively, at the Open Firmware prompt, enter <i>boot cd:,ofwboot

/3.8/macppc/bsd.rd</i>

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc:</font></h3>

<ul>

The 3.8 release of OpenBSD/sparc is located on CD3. To boot off of this CD you

can use one of the two commands listed below, depending on the version of your

ROM.

ok <strong>boot cdrom 3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>

ok <kbd>boot cdrom 3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>

> <strong>b sd(0,6,0)3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</strong>

> <kbd>b sd(0,6,0)3.8/sparc/bsd.rd</kbd>

</pre></ul>

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<p>

If your SPARC system does not have a CD drive, you can alternatively boot from floppy.

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To boot from the floppy use one of the two commands listed below,

depending on the version of your ROM.

ok <strong>boot floppy</strong>

ok <kbd>boot floppy</kbd>

> <strong>b fd()</strong>

> <kbd>b fd()</kbd>

</pre></ul>

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<p>

Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install

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If your SPARC system doesn't have a floppy drive nor a CD drive, you can either

setup a bootable tape, or install via network, as told in the

INSTALL.sparc file.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/sparc64:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sparc64:</font></h3>

<ul>

Put CD3 in your CDROM drive and type <i>boot cdrom</i>.

<p>

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<p>

If nothing works, you can boot over the network as described in INSTALL.sparc64.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/alpha:</font></h3>

Write <i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppy38.fs</i> or

<ul>

<p>Write <i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppy38.fs</i> or

<i>FTP:3.8/alpha/floppyB38.fs</i> (depending on your machine) to a diskette and

enter <i>boot dva0</i>. Refer to INSTALL.alpha for more details.

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Make sure you use a properly formatted floppy with NO BAD BLOCKS or your install

will most likely fail.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/cats:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/cats:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

After updating the firmware to at least ABLE 1.95 if necessary, boot

<i>FTP:3.8/cats/bsd.rd</i> from an ABLE-supported device (such as a CD-ROM

or an existing FFS or EXT2FS partition).

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hp300:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hp300.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/hppa:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/hppa:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Boot over the network by following the instructions in INSTALL.hppa or the

<a href="hppa.html#install">hppa platform page</a>.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/luna88k:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/luna88k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Copy bsd.rd to a Mach or UniOS partition, and boot it from the PROM.

Alternatively, you can create a bootable tape and boot from it. Refer to

the instructions in INSTALL.luna88k for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mac68k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Boot MacOS as normal and extract the Macside "BSD/Mac68k Booter" utility from

<i>FTP:3.8/mac68k/utils</i> onto your hard disk. Configure the "BSD/Mac68k

Booter" with the location of your bsd.rd kernel and boot into the installer.

Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.mac68k for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/mvme68k:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme68k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>

The network boot requires a MVME68K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>

and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme68k

for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/mvme88k:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/mvme88k:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

You can create a bootable installation tape or boot over the network.<br>

The network boot requires a MVME88K BUG version that supports the <i>NIOT</i>

and <i>NBO</i> debugger commands. Follow the instructions in INSTALL.mvme88k

for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/sgi:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/sgi:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Burn cd38.iso on a CD-R, put it in the CD drive of your machine and

select <i>Install System Software</i> from the System Maintenance menu.

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If your machine doesn't have a CD drive, you can

setup a DHCP/tftp network server, and boot using "bootp()/bsd.rd".

Refer to the instructions in INSTALL.sgi for more details.

</ul>

<h3>OpenBSD/zaurus:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/zaurus:</font></h3>

<ul>

<p>

Using the Linux built-in graphical ipkg installer, install the

openbsd38_arm.ipk package. Reboot, then run it. Read INSTALL.zaurus

for a few important details.

</ul>

</section>

<h3>Notes about the source code:</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#e00000">Notes about the source code:</font></h3>

<ul>

src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file

contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are

in a separate archive. To extract:

# <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>

# <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>

# <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>

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<p>

# <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src</strong>

# <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>

# <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</strong>

</pre></ul>

<p>

sys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.

This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.

To extract:

<p>

# <strong>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</strong>

# <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>

# <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>

# <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>

# <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/sys.tar.gz</strong>

</pre></ul>

</pre></blockquote>

<p>

Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it

is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as

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Using these files

results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from

a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.

<p>

</ul>

</section>

<hr>

<h3>How to upgrade</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#0000e0">How to upgrade</font></h3>

<p>

If you already have an OpenBSD 3.7 system, and do not want to reinstall,

upgrade instructions and advice can be found in the

<a href="faq/upgrade38.html">Upgrade Guide</a>.

</section>

<hr>

<h3>Ports Tree</h3>

<p>

<h3><font color="#0000e0">Ports Tree</font></h3>

<p>

A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:

<p>

# <strong>cd /usr</strong>

# <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>

# <strong>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</strong>

# <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>

# <strong>cd ports</strong>

# <kbd>cd ports</kbd>

</pre></ul>

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<p>

The <i>ports/</i> subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go

read the <a href="faq/faq15.html">ports</a> page

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OpenBSD ports system.

<p>

The <i>ports/</i> directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for

<a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cvs.1">cvs(1)</a> if

cvs(1)</a> if

you aren't familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete

source tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in

order to keep current with it, you must make the <i>ports/</i> tree

available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command

like:

<p>

# <strong>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd -rOPENBSD_3_8</strong>

</pre></ul>

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<p>

[Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here

with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs

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If you're interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just

would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good

place to know.

<p>

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